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Weatherford council adopts ordinance doubling exclusion zone for certain registered offenders to 2,000 feet
Summary
The Weatherford City Council voted to adopt an ordinance extending residency exclusion zones for certain registered offenders from 1,000 to 2,000 feet of child-safety zones, with grandfathering for current residents and new notification and Halloween restrictions; the change was presented by Police Chief Jason Hayes.
The Weatherford City Council voted to adopt an ordinance expanding the city's exclusion zone for specified registered offenders from 1,000 feet to 2,000 feet of designated child-safety zones, council members confirmed during their April meeting.
Chief of Police Jason Hayes told the council the ordinance is intended to increase physical separation between those offenders and locations where children commonly gather. "We currently have around 60 registered offenders that live within the city limits of Weatherford," Hayes said, adding that 53 of those would qualify under the ordinance because their…
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